In my shop every day...

[Jim Finn]

I am in my shop seven days a week for 4-6hours every day but not all is scroll saw related.  Today and yester day I am working on making three more boxes of mahogany.  These boxes are custom made to their specs.  Six inches by six inches by fifteen inches, inside dimensions.  They are boxes to hold a glass vase for a glass art  company here in Lubbock.   They will be sent to Japan I am told.  So far I have made two of these but they say they will want another twenty this summer.  I enjoy this kind of thing.  I would like to post more in this forum and others but a lot of what I do are projects I have posted in the past.  Just making more of the same. 

 

I just made five of the wavy flag boxes here.  Only the inlaid star is done using a scroll saw.

    

Edited May 22, 2016 by Jim Finn

[rjR]

Nice work!

 

A lot of do other besides scroll work.

 

Do you have a reasonable priced source of the hinges?  All I have seemed to find have been at least a $1 each.

[Phantom Scroller]

Lovely work.       Roly

[Jim Finn]

http://craft-inc.myshopify.com/products/l262-largel-decorative-hinge

   I buy hinges and screws by the thousand here.

[RangerJay]

That is nice work.

 

I'm not in my shop quite as much as you - and certainly nowhere near as productive as you - 3 to 4 hours a day is about my limit - put a TV in a month or so ago - seems to have upped my shop time ..... but not so much on my actual work time .... birthday is coming up in a couple of months - looking for a bar fridge - then the "Shed" will finally be perfect  ..... think the productivity will go up then??

 

 

 

Jay

[Jim Finn]

Yes productivity will go up.  (My story and I am sticking to it.) 

I have a TV, Radio and a toilet in my shop.  No fridge.....yet.

[Scrolling Steve]

Jim, You are the box man !....That is beautiful work !

[Ron Johnson]

Excellent work Jim and congrats on the order.

[lawson56]

Jim you do Fantastic work,Love you Flag boxes.  

[Kepy]

Your boxes are great.  I used to do a lot of little oak boxes but mortised in a butt hinge.  Had one router in a table set to cut the mortises.  I think the company I got my hinges through is no longer in business.

[Jim Finn]

The first box I made for them I mortised in the hinges also.  I was in competition with another woodworker for this business. They showed me his box and I saw that he had surface mounted hinges.  I asked if that was OK and they said it was so I now surface mount them.  What they liked about my boxes over his were the splined corners I had in them.  I also made mine with 3/8" stock whereas the other woodworkers were 3/4"  Made his box twice as heavy.  Adjust, improvise, overcome.

[amazingkevin]

The first box I made for them I mortised in the hinges also.  I was in competition with another woodworker for this business. They showed me his box and I saw that he had surface mounted hinges.  I asked if that was OK and they said it was so I now surface mount them.  What they liked about my boxes over his were the splined corners I had in them.  I also made mine with 3/8" stock whereas the other woodworkers were 3/4"  Made his box twice as heavy.  Adjust, improvise, overcome.

You've got my curiosity now with splined joints

[Chiloquinruss]

bar fridge  while we were wiring the shop we had a 100 ft extension running the bar fridge!    

 

I love the wavy flag boxes, Lots of different skills required, well done!  Russ

[Lucky2]

Jim, your work is top notch, not a bit of wonder why you bet the other fellow out. It's gotta feel good to win a competition lie that, it lets you know your work is appreciated.

Len

[spirithorse]

Nice work, Jim,

I'd like to see the interior of the flag boxes.

God Bless! Spirithorse

[Jim Finn]

   As you can see the dark field behind the star is walnut on the out side and cedar on the inside,  I was low on walnut so I glued a one eighth inch thick piece of walnut onto a piece of cedar and then inlaid the maple star.  So the inside of the box does not show any of the walnut.  I just hate to waste any nice piece of wood even if it is too thin for my need.

[Scrappile]

You really do a great job on your boxes.  I have only made a few boxes.  Tain't as easy as it looks!  I really like your work.

[LarryEA]

Your work is always worth seeing. Beautiful finish on both.

Edited May 25, 2016 by LarryEA

[Clayton717]

great looking boxes.  I am in my shop almost everyday but not nearly as long a couple hour during the week and sometimes most of the day on weekends.

[Paul hd]

Beautiful work jim

[danny]

JIM....I AM SO, SO, SO, SO AMAZED AT THE QUALITY WORK YOU DO ON YOUR BAND SAW BOXES.  EVERY POST I READ FROM YOU

AS MY USUAL .... I WANT TO TRY ONE....  BUT I ONLY HAVE THE BENCH BAND SAW.  9 INCH TYPE.  ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO....again....

TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING US YOU WORK AND JUST HOPE SOMEDAY I CAN GET CLOSE TO YOUR TALENT.

 

Great work.................Danny  :+}

[Jim Finn]

In two Saturday sales I sold all of these band saw boxes along with twenty one with inlay in the hinged lids (Double bevel inlay using a scroll saw).  I mention this to encourage others to try making boxes to sell. I have started on five more bandsaw boxes.

Edited July 2, 2016 by Jim Finn

[Be_O_Be]

 Nice work Jim, I like the mix of woods.

[SCROLLSAW703]

I'm in my shop 8 - 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most of my shop time is at the scroll saw, but I do light furniture repair, rebuild drawers, make cedar chests & toy boxes, too. I'm in the process of building a mobile garden cart out of cedar from right here in our county. I've built one for my Mom, & she just thinks it's the bees knees! I'm also learning the lathe. In my spare time away from the scroll saw, & all the other goings on, I try to create on the lathe. I've made a pair of drinking cups. Salt & pepper shakers, mallets, things like that. Nothing fancy yet. We have a couple big craft shows coming up. Hopefully I can have a few things done for them. Right now, things have come to a complete halt in the shop. I'm helping a farmer here with wheat harvest. A little extra bill & tool money. Enjoy your shop time, gents! It's time you can be yourself! Be safe!